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Kyu-min Kim

North Korean defector and filmmaker Kim Kyu-min made his directorial debut in 2011 with “Winter Butterfly,” the story of a family trying to survive North Korea’s famine in the 1990’s. The film has been screened at the United Nations and at North Korean Human Rights Festivals in Washington D.C., Toronto, and Hong Kong. Other films directed by Gim Gyu-min include “Crossing” (2008) and “First Step” (2018).